PEEK polymer flammability and the inadequacy of the UL-94 classification

Fire and Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-201

  Patel, Parina ^a   Hull, Terence Richard ^a   Moffatt, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flammability; PEEK; polyetheretherketone; UL 94

Indexed keywords

BUNSEN BURNER; BURN TIME; CHAR RESIDUES; FIRE SAFETY; FLAME SPREAD; IGNITION SOURCE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; TEST METHOD; UL-94; UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES; UPWARD FLAME SPREAD;

ETHERS; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; HEAT FLUX; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84858079600     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1100     Document Type: Article

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